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The table below looks at the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) skills within the St Helens region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 4 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkQuality Assurance (QA)
Location
3 months to
4 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank11-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads10
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below100.00 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted10
Average minimum salary£22,000-
Average salary£25,000-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£28,000-
UK excluding London average salary£37,157£38,617
% change on same period last year-3.78 %
St Helens IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
St Helens
Matching permanent IT job ads10
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted10
Average minimum salary£22,000-
Average salary£25,000-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£28,000-
UK excluding London average salary£39,747£40,146
% change on same period last year-0.99 %
QA MerseysideQA
Merseyside

QA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing QA across the St Helens region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

St Helens QA Demand Trend

QA
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing QA across the St Helens region.

St Helens QA Salary Trend

QA
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT jobs across the St Helens region citing QA also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited QA.

12 (66.67 %)Windows
12 (66.67 %)ISEB
21 (33.33 %)Citrix
21 (33.33 %)Internet
21 (33.33 %)Linux
21 (33.33 %)JBoss
21 (33.33 %)Apache
21 (33.33 %)Tomcat
21 (33.33 %)Java
21 (33.33 %)SQL
21 (33.33 %)VBScript
21 (33.33 %)VB
21 (33.33 %)Oracle
21 (33.33 %)SQL Server

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT jobs across the St Helens region citing QA also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited QA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

St Helens IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (33.33 %)JBoss
11 (33.33 %)Apache
11 (33.33 %)Tomcat
St Helens IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (33.33 %)Internet
St Helens IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (33.33 %)SQL Server
St Helens IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (33.33 %)Tester
11 (33.33 %)Analyst
11 (33.33 %)Test Analyst
11 (33.33 %)3rd Line Support
11 (33.33 %)Test Team Leader
11 (33.33 %)Software Tester
11 (33.33 %)Team Leader
11 (33.33 %)QA Test Analyst
11 (33.33 %)QA Analyst
St Helens IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (66.67 %)Windows
21 (33.33 %)Linux
St Helens IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (33.33 %)Java
11 (33.33 %)SQL
11 (33.33 %)VBScript
11 (33.33 %)VB
St Helens IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (66.67 %)ISEB
St Helens IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (33.33 %)Oracle
11 (33.33 %)Citrix